Fashion Trend: Gabions in Modern Landscape Design

What are gabions? Why do landscape designers try to use them in their projects? How to create such elegant designs with your own hands? The answers to all these questions can be found in our material. So, what are gabions? The mysterious name allows to build a lot of assumptions, but in fact, everything is not so mysterious and confusing. This word came to us from the Italian language and is translated as a "big cage". Indeed, the construction of gabions is a wire mesh with filling in the form of any stone (except artificial). Totally, you will say, but how many expectationsWas associated with this word. Anyway. The main thing is that gabions are amazingly beautiful, uncommon and aesthetically unsurpassed assistants both in land design and in the industrial sphere. Many people try to find applications for them in their projects. This is due to the ease of erecting gabions, as well as their superb appearance and the sense of natural safety that comes from them. They can be used both for zoning gazebos, pools, patios, and as separate design elements: a flower stand, a fence, a bench, steps. Gabions perfectly combined with greenery, so that from these 2 elements you can create fascinating compositions. In general, you can find a lot of ways to use them. The main thing is not to restrain fantasy and to make bold decisions. If you want to build a gabion with your own hands andDecorate the yard or plot, you will need: 1) any natural stone, 2) wire mesh (preferably stainless steel or PVC-coated mesh); 3) a little design skills. And a useful tip in the end: in order to avoid embarrassment and loss of filler, the cell size of the gabion should be smaller than the size of the stones. www.flickr.com